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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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handle/hit
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Is it OK to ask: Do you handle all these exercises that the teacher gives us each lesson? Can I also say: Do you cope with.....?
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She didn't hit upon the idea of buying us this medicine as well? ---is it alright?
Is it OK to ask: Do you handle all these exercises that the teacher gives us each lesson? Can I also say: Do you cope with.....?
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She didn't hit upon the idea of buying us this medicine as well? ---is it alright?
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Can you handle ...? Do you feel capable of doing the exercises? Can you cope with ...
- Can you handle ...?
- Do you feel capable of doing the exercises?
- Can you cope with ...
- This is somewhat unidiomatic to my ear.
- We "cope with" situations that distress us in some way, like having too much work to do with unreasonable deadlines.
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Can you handle ...? Do you feel capable of doing the exercises?
Can you cope with ... ? This is somewhat unidiomatic to my ear. We "cope with" situations that distress us in some way, like having too much work to do with unreasonable deadlines. We don't usually use the words "cope with" for lessons, exercises, tasks, duties, etc. Well, I don't, anyway.
And, as cha
Can you cope with ... ? This is somewhat unidiomatic to my ear. We "cope with" situations that distress us in some way, like having too much work to do with unreasonable deadlines. We don't usually use the words "cope with" for lessons, exercises, tasks, duties, etc. Well, I don't, anyway.
And, as cha
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